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Capital

Le capital

2012

Costa-Gavras

Gad Elmaleh, Gabriel Byrne, Liya Kebede, Jordana DePaula ...

6.2

6,246

Drama. Thriller This is the story of the unstoppable ascent of Marc Tourneuil, an expendable servant of the Capital who became its undisputed master. In the director’s words: “We are slaves to the Capital. We tremble when it trembles. We celebrate when it grows and triumphs. Who will set us free? Should we liberate ourselves? We should at the very least know those who serve it and how”. The latest work by Costa-Gavras, winner of an Academy Award, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Joe Leydon Variety	"Costa-Gavras develops such a propulsively suspenseful pace (...) that his drama comes across as the cinematic equivalent of an engrossing page-turner."	POS
United States	Deborah Young The Hollywood Reporter	"A film that lingers in the memory in spite of being rather irritating to watch."	POS
United States	Stephen Holden The New York Times	"Its indictment of capitalism is so shrill and one-note that it may just as easily set off fits of giggling, because its characters are so ridiculously evil."	NEG
United States	Eric Kohn IndieWire	"Gavras never forces the material into allegorical turf; it's a relatively straightforward look at the ramifications of getting blinded by dollar signs, with perhaps one of the most clearly defined visions of economic depravity since 'Wall Street'."	POS

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